Symptoms of Hypertension

Most people are not aware that they have hypertension because of a general lack of symptoms until major complications arise. In rare cases, some people with hypertension may have headaches or nosebleeds.

Despite a general lack of symptoms, uncontrolled hypertension damages the kidney and heart and large and small blood vessels throughout the body. This due to the excessive and ongoing pressure that the blood is putting on the walls of the arteries as it is pumped from the heart throughout the body.

Untreated hypertension can lead to and/or complicate many health problems, including coronary heart disease, stroke, kidney failure and heart failure. Uncontrolled hypertension can also result in a dangerous, even fatal aneurysms, an abnormal "ballooning" of arteries that can rupture. Hypertension can also lead to vision changes and blindness due to bursting of arteries in the eyes.....more about Hypertension »